I am not hearing anyone opposing the proposed way to move forward. Once we
will have the update from Francesca, we will be able to start a WGLC. On
the other hand, we will need reviews to move the document forward, so
please remain committed for the last miles!

Yours,
Daniel

On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 4:45 PM Daniel Migault <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks Francesca for the reply. Other members of the WG, if you have an
> opinion, please let the WG know asap. We set October 20 to get comments on
> which path to take.
>
> Yours,
> Daniel
>
> On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 11:52 AM Francesca Palombini <francesca.palombini=
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Christian, Daniel,
>>
>> Daniel: I agree that what you describe is the best way forward. Once the
>> PR regarding the negotiation of Ids is merged, I can only see a minor
>> addition to the draft, to clarify what Christian has brought up. By the end
>> of this week we should have Christian's comment implemented as well. After
>> that, we're ready for another round of reviews, and I think a WGLC is
>> warranted.
>>
>> Christian, let us know if there is anything else except some more
>> considerations covering what you are saying. Göran summarized it well, but
>> basically no, there is no particular benefit. The sentence was added as the
>> response from a review comment, but it seems like a good idea to add more
>> context to it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Francesca
>>
>> On 15/10/2020, 20:01, "Göran Selander" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi Christian,
>>
>>     The purpose of the update was to clarify that Appendix B.2 of RFC
>> 8613 could be used in conjunction with the ACE OSCORE profile. But as you
>> point out, the use of B.2 would need to be understood between the client
>> and server beforehand. There are slight differences: With B.2 there is no
>> need to transport the access token again. And B.2 can be triggered by the
>> (resource) server, if it understands that it does not have the right
>> context (which can happen even if there is no ID context in the request).
>> Just using the ACE OSCORE profile, the client would need to understand that
>> the context is lost and run the protocol again. So, there is a difference
>> but essentially the same functionality can be obtained.
>>
>>     Would it be sufficient to clarify the differences as above to address
>> your comment?
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>     Göran
>>
>>
>>     On 2020-10-09, 17:45, "Christian Amsüss" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hello Francesca, hello ACE group,
>>
>>         On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 01:48:33PM +0000, Francesca Palombini
>> wrote:
>>         > - clarified that Appendix B.2 of OSCORE can be used with this
>> profile,
>>         > and what implementers need to think about if they do.
>>
>>         I understand B.2 to be something that the involved parties need
>> to agree
>>         on beforehand; after all, the ID context may be something the
>> server
>>         relies on (at least for the initial attempt) to find the right
>> key,
>>         especially when multiple AS are involved. (For example, the RS
>> could
>>         have an agreement that the AS may issue any KID as long as they
>> use a
>>         particular ID context). If the server expects B.2 to happen
>> (which, as
>>         it is put now, it can as long as it supports it in general), it
>> needs to
>>         shard its KID space for the ASs it uses. (Generally, B.2 is
>> mutually
>>         exclusive with ID contexts's use of namespacing KIDs).
>>
>>         Is the expectation that clients that do not anticipate B.2 by the
>> time
>>         they are configured with their AS just don't offer B.2 to their
>> peers?
>>
>>         Given B.2 is in its current form client-initiated only (AFAIR we
>> had
>>         versions where ID1 could be empty in draft versions, but
>> currently it
>>         reads as client-initialized), does B.2 have any benefits for
>> ACE-OSCORE
>>         clients? After all, they could just as well post the token with a
>> new
>>         nonce1 to the same effect.
>>
>>         Kind Regards
>>         Christian
>>
>>         --
>>         To use raw power is to make yourself infinitely vulnerable to
>> greater powers.
>>           -- Bene Gesserit axiom
>>
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